Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-10

The word has been passed around among
our real estate spectators and western in
vestOrs that New Tacoma. the western ter
minus Of the Northern Pacific railroad. and
located on Puget sound. is TO be the next
addition to the list of booming towns.
Quite number Of our capitalists and in
vestors are thinking of going out. Mr..
Henry Miller will in ali probability locate
at Tacoma in the real estate business. Ex-
Treasurer Wilson and Messrs. Dickson.
the tea merchant; Barnum. the stenogra-
pher. and Dyson, the contractor. are think
ing of going out to look over Tacoma's ad-
vantages as a point for investment. Char
ley Paulin also, who took many thousands
OF dollars of profits out of the Wichita
boom, is thinking of going to the new
town. 1t seems that the Manitoba and St
Paul railroad is about TO run al excursion
from ST. Paul to Victoria, b. c.. over the
lines of the Canadian Pacific. at only S25
for the round trip. This rate is made sim
ply TO get people TO 20 out and see the
Puget sound country. Ii was this trip
which was recently taken by Senator Sher-
man and party.
Great things are promised .t Tacoma.
Asiatic commerce has been opened. gi-
gantic smelling works is 10 be erected. and
things are said 10 be ripe for boom. There
are differences of opinion as to the future
greatness of Tacoma, however, and l ad-
wise Springfield speculatOrs TO be careful
not TO put tcO many millions into real es-
tate there. was in Columbus recently.
and meeting General Robinson. secretary OF
state, who was with Senator Sherman and
and the party of Ohio statesmen who re-
Gently did the Pacific Northwest. | asked
him if Tacoma would be big place.
Why. what in the world is to make it
big place." was his reply. 1t has no i'm
mediate agricultural territory tributary to
it. and no country for which to act as dis
trbuting center. Nancouver's island. near
by. does not raise enough 10 support goat,
and the Puget sound country around Taco
ma is fearfully rough. and with the eXcep-
tiun Of few rich valleys. is very barren.
Tacoma is the terminus of the Northern
Pacific railroad, il is true. but that of
itself will not make it big city. The
grain produced along the line of the North
ern Pacific will almost all go east for eX
port. Ii America exported immense
amounts of grain 10 Asia, as she does to
Europe. then Tacoma would be big place.
| doubt if the city ever goes beyond 20. 200.
Senator Sherman did not invest a dollar
there. They have large iron and coal in
terests at Tacoma. however, but they have
to bring all their food from California and
points east to supply the sound cities.
Seattle. Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria. and
the rest OF the places up there expect to
reach 100, 600 people each, but 1 am afraid
they will be disappointed.
Ii the two hundred typewriter students
and operators of this city do not laugh
themselves sore over the following. from
the New York Sun. shall be disappointed:
How do you like your new type writer?''
inquired the agent.
Its immense" was the enthusiastic re-
sponse II wonder how | ever got along
without it."
We'll. would you mind giving me lit
tie testimonial to that effect?'
Certainly not; do it gladly"
So he rolled up his sleeves, and in an in,